Calk



E. R. JONES June 1 1926.

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Patented June 1, 1926.

UNITED STATES ,ernia carica..

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Application iled January 28, 1926. Serial No. 84,398.

horseshoe and which can be readily ad-l justed or shaped so as t0 become accurately seated within apertures already provided within the shoe for the reception of the calks.

A further object is to provide a calk which has means for reinforcing its connections with the shoe, said means also constituting a stop lug or ear for engagement with the hoof to which the shoe is applied.

A further object is to provide a call: which can be elongated or shortened as desired in order to bring portions thereof into proper position for insertion into apertures provided therefor within the shoe.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combi# nation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise' embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope'of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

1n said drawings,

Fig. l is a side elevation of a horseshoe having the present improvements combined therewith,

VFig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one of the calks, c

Fig. 4 is an inner elevation thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5'Fig-4.

Referring to the figures byeharacters of reference, 1 designates a plate of malleable iron or other suitable material provided with an intermediate ear 2 of such length that, when the calk is applied-to the bottom surface 'of a horseshoe S, the upper portion Y of this ear will project above the horseshoe, as shown particularly in Fig. 1,.so as to provide a stop ear against which' the hoof to which the shoe is applied can thrust. The end portions of the plate, extending from the sides of the ear 2 are curved inwardly beyond one face of the ear so as to extend under and constitute supports for the shoe S. These end portions constitute wings the terminals of which are curled inwardly as shown at. 3 so as to provide upwardly extending tapered lugs 4 which are split longitudinally. The free longitudinal edge of each of these terminals is preferably reduced in thickness, as shown at 5. Thus as the tapered curled portions are reduced at their free longitudinal edges and these reduced portions lap the adjacent portions of the terminals, it will be apparent that when any one of the tapered portions is inserted into an opening O in the shoe and driven thereinto, the said tapered portion will contract so as to lit snugly against the wall of the opening.

ln preparing the shoe S to receive the calks, openings O are formed therein, the same being disposed in pairs at the sides and forward portion of the shoe. is used in connection with each pair of openings. The plate 1 is arcuate from side to side or end to end and by bending the same with a hammer or the like the tapered portions 4 can be properly positioned relative to each other so that both of them can be simultaneously inserted into the respective openings of one pair. The said tapered portionsk are then driven forcibly into the openings and, as before explained, will con-` tact in order to fit snugly against the walls of the openings. l/Jhen the tapered portions have been driven hoine the plate 1 will rest against the bottom surface of the shoe while ythe ear 42 will extend above the shoe as already explained and as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be seenfthat this device can be made cheaply of sheet metal and can be easily applied and removed as desired.

What is claimed is:

l. A calli for horseshoes including an arcuate plate, inwardly curled terminal portions extending from the plate and tapered to constitute attaching lugs, said lugs be-V One calli through, of a calk including an arcuate' plate, inwardly curled end portions on the plate constituting tapered lugs extending from thel plate and insertable into the openings, said lugs being contractible when forced into the openings to bind upon the Walls thereof, arid an ear extending fromV the plate for engaging theedge of the shoe and projecting thereabove for engagement with the hoof to which the shoe maybe attached. v 'i n VIn testimony that I Claim the foregoing as my own, l have heretoaffixed iny signature.v

EVERETT n; JONES. 

